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A Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Babafemi Badejo, has said though former President Muhammadu Buhari failed woefully in the fight against corruption, his successor, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will be worse. Badejo stated this while delivering the first inaugural lecture of Chrisland University, Abeokuta, Ogun State, titled: “Interests.”

He submitted that Tinubu, judging from his actions in the last one month, would do by far than Buhari in other areas, but not in the fight against corruption. “It is my own view that former President Muhammadu Buhari failed woefully on the issue of anti-corruption. He did start by wanting to implement the UN anti-corruption’s strategy and went further to appoint a committee and that committee did nothing till today.”

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has told the immediate past Kano State Governor, Umar Ganduje not to honour the Public Complaints and Anti-Corrup- tion Commission (PCACC)’s invitation. The PCACC had summoned Ganduje for questioning over viral videos where seen allegedly receiving gratifications from contractors in dollars when he was governor. The anti-graft body’s Chairman Muhuyi Magaji- Rimingado had claimed that they had confirmed the authenticity of the videos. According to him, the videos were subjected to forensic analysis, which indicated that they were authentic.

Kano Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC), yesterday, said forensic analysis has confirmed the dollar videos of former governor Abdullahi Ganduje were not doctored. In 2017, Daily Nigerian, an online publication, had released some videos of Ganduje allegedly collecting kickbacks from contractors. The former governor had denied the allegation, saying the videos were doctored.

He said since the release of the footages, people have been challenging him to prove the innocence or otherwise of the former governor in the matter. He added that his commission commenced investigation in 2018 but could not go far because Ganduje, who was governor at the time, had immunity.